Tamias amoenus J. A. Allen, 1890 . Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 3:90.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Fort Klamath, [Klamath Co.,] Oregon." [USA].

DISTRIBUTION: C British Columbia (Canada) south to C California east to C Montana and W Wyoming (USA).

SYNONYMS: affinis J. Allen, 1890; albiventris (Booth, 1947); canicaudus (Merriam, 1903); caurinus (Merriam, 1898); ceteris (Hall and Johnson, 1940); cratericus (Blossom, 1937); felix Rhoads, 1895; ludibundus (Hollister, 1911); luteiventris J. Allen, 1890; monoensis (Grinnell and Storer, 1916); ochraceus (A. Howell, 1925); propinquus (Anthony, 1913); septentrionalis (Cowan, 1946); vallicola (A. Howell, 1922) .

COMMENTS: Subgenus Neotamias . Reviewed by Sutton (1992, Mammalian Species, 390).